The Retrospective Review, Volume 7Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1823 - Books |
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... called him , from the unjust prejudices of the cavalier - officers , in which he freely and not unsuccess- fully indulges his disposition and his talents for satirical exag- geration . And having achieved a triumphant victory in this ...
... called him , from the unjust prejudices of the cavalier - officers , in which he freely and not unsuccess- fully indulges his disposition and his talents for satirical exag- geration . And having achieved a triumphant victory in this ...
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... called his conversion , was but a false and pretended conversion . And for my own part , I am fully convinced , that he did not live or die a genuine son of the church of England ; I retain the usual phrase , that you may know what I ...
... called his conversion , was but a false and pretended conversion . And for my own part , I am fully convinced , that he did not live or die a genuine son of the church of England ; I retain the usual phrase , that you may know what I ...
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... called Preston , in Sussex , where he had purchased an estate , to which he retired upon his being turned out of the living of Petworth . The warmth of his zeal , increased by the turbulence of the times in which he lived , and by the ...
... called Preston , in Sussex , where he had purchased an estate , to which he retired upon his being turned out of the living of Petworth . The warmth of his zeal , increased by the turbulence of the times in which he lived , and by the ...
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... called The Scandalous Chroni- cle , and the Life of the Author prefixed to the whole , with Notes upon it , by the famous Sleidan . Faithfully translated from the Edition of Monsieur Godefroy , Historiographer Royal of France . To which ...
... called The Scandalous Chroni- cle , and the Life of the Author prefixed to the whole , with Notes upon it , by the famous Sleidan . Faithfully translated from the Edition of Monsieur Godefroy , Historiographer Royal of France . To which ...
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... that in my judgement , if any country might be called then the Land of Promise , it was his country , which abounded in wealth and repose , more than ever it did since , and it is now three and twenty years Memoirs of Philip de Comines .
... that in my judgement , if any country might be called then the Land of Promise , it was his country , which abounded in wealth and repose , more than ever it did since , and it is now three and twenty years Memoirs of Philip de Comines .
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Page 400 - s not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come ; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Page 396 - And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight. Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Page 404 - As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring...
Page 396 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's •waste...
Page 397 - When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made : And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth.
Page 393 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 397 - I'll read, his for his love." XXXIII Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace.
Page 405 - He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need : If thou sorrow, he will weep ; If thou wake, he cannot sleep ; Thus of every grief in heart He with thee doth bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
Page 395 - tis true I have gone here and there And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new.
Page 384 - In limning out a well-proportion'd steed, His art with nature's workmanship at strife, As if the dead the living should exceed ; So did this horse excel a common one In shape, in courage, colour, pace, and bone.